Jim Neely is 83, the last of his generation of local barbecue legends. He never really intended to be in the restaurant business, but he succeeds in whatever he does.

901 Day will still go on Tuesday, but there won’t be a large public event. Some local restaurants are celebrating with $9.01 menu items; on Thursday, your choice is Irish and Scotch whiskey or Spanish food and wine.

Before moving to its larger Broad Avenue location in January 2019, Lucky Cat was previously located on Cooper Street.

Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Covington this fall will launch a new Digital Agronomy Assistant training program developed in collaboration with Indigo Ag and state agencies.

Ed and Brittany Cabigao permanently closed two restaurants because of COVID, but they’re expanding SOB with SOBEast, coming to the former Interim space in a few weeks.

FedEx chief Frederick W. Smith and Indigo Ag CEO and director David Perry will discuss Memphis and innovation during the Food Is Health Forum presented by Crusonia on the Delta.

Yeah, you read that right. You can eat a meal for $10 at Las Tortugas, and if you’re sharing, you can even have guacamole.

Walhburgers will be in Memphis after all: Wahlburgers Wild, a new concept, is coming to Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid.

Veteran restaurateur Karen Carrier has a new place opening in a couple of weeks. She’s going to her roots, opening a Jewish deli and naming it after her mother.

Three upcoming television shows feature Memphians, two this week and a Netflix series with Melissa Cookston coming up in September; Feed the Front Lines continues; and we even have upcoming events.

Grisanti talks with Jennifer Biggs about how the business took its toll on him, his recovery, and what he has planned for the new restaurant.

Restaurateur is juggling a diner, a steakhouse and a neighborhood restaurant. One will likely make it through COVID; the fate of the others is uncertain.

Alex Grisanti is keeping his food truck but is headed back to the kitchen. He’s opening Elfo’s, the first Grisanti restaurant in DeSoto County, next month.

Kelly English turns to one of his favorites for a series of ‘pop-ups’ at Restaurant Iris, when he changes the menu to Catalan cuisine for a few weeks.

The neighborhood grocery in East Memphis is open and the High Point neighborhood is so happy to see it that it planted a sign.

Spencer and Kristin McMillin continue their volunteerism with their latest venture, the Restaurant Phoenix Project — and there’s a cookbook in the bag from their year at Caritas.

Three Black-owned Memphis restaurants — a new one, an institution and a food truck — have each received a $25,000 award from Discover and there’s more money to give away.

When the pandemic struck and businesses shut down to stem to the spread of the coronavirus, Whimsy Cookie didn’t pull back. Instead, the small business expanded.

New owner Rick James said people kept asking if the High Point employees and butcher shop would be back, and if the Midtown Cash Saver beer selection would come to the grocery. He gave them the answers they wanted to hear.

Memphis-made goodie boxes can be shipped around the country or picked up locally. 

Not all restaurants are going to make it through the pandemic; today we start to look at what independent restaurateurs in Memphis think about the weeks and months ahead.

The Wichita, Kansas-based chain first opened a Freddy's in the Memphis market in 2017, and now operates three restaurants in the area.

Construction is to start next week on the $1 million Phase I. The sunken, two-block-long former rail spur will become a space for gathering, entertainment, dining, playing and shopping in the Edge District.

At Muddy’s Bake Shop, the COVID game is part of the new culture, as much a part of everyday work as a fire drill; it's part of preparation.

The $30 million project would renovate and convert a 120-year-old warehouse at Front and Vance, create 165 apartment units, 10,000 square feet of commercial space, and 100 parking spaces.